Risk Services

Report a safety hazard

Welcome to the online Incident Reporting System for University of California, powered by AON eSolutions. Anyone can use this new, easy, and fast way to report a problem that affects the university's people, property, or environment.

How to report

Complete an online form using the Incident Reporting System.

What to report

This online system is to be used to submit information about the following:

Definitions

Exposure
An incident which a person suffers injury or illness as a result of exposure to harmful conditions such as toxic fumes, vapors, gases or airborne particles; temperature extremes; oxygen deficiency; radioactivity; or intense light.

Injury
Physical harm or damage to the body resulting from an exchange, usually acute, of mechanical, chemical, thermal, or other environmental energy that exceeds the body's tolerance.

Near miss
Incidents where no property was damaged and no personal injury sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage and/or injury easily could have occurred.

Occupational illness
Any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. It includes acute and chronic illnesses or diseases that may be caused by inhalation, absorption, ingestion, or direct contact.

Property damage
Undesired event that results in or property damage.

Release to the environment
Spill, leak, discharge to the environment (e.g. groundwater, soil, or air)

Safety concern
Individual concern regarding hazards in the workplace or on campus

Vehicle Collision
An unstabilized situation that includes at least one harmful event (injury or property damage) involving a motor vehicle in transport (in motion, in readiness for motion, or on a roadway, but not parked in a designated parking area) that does not result from discharge of a firearm or explosive device and does not directly result from a cataclysm.